#73899b

Color #73899b

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 1.75 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 8.9

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Conversions

HEX

#73899b

RGB

rgb(115, 137, 155)

HSL

hsl(207, 16.7%, 52.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(207, 25.8%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.8%, 11.6%, 0%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(55.99, -3.63, -12.18)

LCH

lch(55.99, 12.71, 253.4)

OKLCH

oklch(61.9%, 0.0373, 243.02)

HWB

hwb(207, 45.1%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9b8573

Analogous

#739b99

#73899b

#73759b

Triadic

#73899b

#9b7389

#899b73

Split-complementary

#73899b

#9b7375

#9b9973

Tetradic

#73899b

#85739b

#9b8573

#899b73

Square

#73899b

#99739b

#9b8573

#759b73

Shades

Color #73899b mixed toward black.

#5e7283

#4b5b69

#38454f

#252e34

#13171a

Tints

Color #73899b mixed toward white.

#8a9dac

#a2b0bc

#b9c4cd

#d0d8de

#e8ebee

Tones

Color #73899b mixed toward gray.

#768998

#7a8894

#7d8891

#80888e

#84878a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.63:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.78:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.78:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7d97 · ΔE 11.8

Deuteranopia

#7c7a96 · ΔE 13.1

Tritanopia

#749493 · ΔE 11.2

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 10.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #73899b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#73899b]

Related colors

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Charcoal #36454f

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Frequently asked questions

#73899b (#73899b) is rgb(115, 137, 155) in RGB.

No, #73899b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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